英文摘要
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Yuan Xie, a famous student of Lu Xiang-Shan, wrote Yuan Xie's Interpretation of the Mao Poetry. The original version of this book was lost long time ago and the four-unit version today was extracted from the Yongle Encyclopedia. This version includes Yuan's discussions on the "Preface to the Poetry" and the 47 poems from the "Odes of Zhou and South" to the "Odes of Wei" in the "Airs of the States," Classic of Poetry. As a scholar of mind studies, Yuan was good at explaining poems with the concept of "original mind" which he interpreted as benevolence and righteousness with implied transcendence and mystery. This way of explanation is also a feature of Yuan Xie's Interpretation of the Mao Poetry. However, Yuan seldom lectured purely on mind studies; rather, he clarified the Classic of Poetry and gave warnings in his interpretations, with an intention that emperors could be edified by the Class of Poetry. Therefore, this book is a special work that contains both politics and mind studies. In view of the fact that the academia lacks in-depth treatments of this work, this paper carefully analyzes its characteristics, contents, and features, exhibits its significance in the history of Classic of Poetry studies, and provides more understanding to Yuan Xie and his work.
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